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Independent and neutral with regard to all political and religious orientations, Tolerance.ca® aims to promote awareness of the major democratic principles on which tolerance is based.

Christian Agbobli holds a Ph.D. in communication. He is Professor of international and intercultural communication at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada. His research is targeted towards international communication and development as well as toward the role of the media in intercultural relationships. As a member of Tolerance.ca, Dr Agbobli is responsible for partnerships with universities and for student participation.

Gary Bauslaugh was Editor of Humanist Perspectives from 2003 to 2008. Previously he was VP of Instruction and Planning at what is now Vancouver Island University and CEO of a BC Provincial agency for post-secondary educational planning and reform. He has written for many publications, and has a book on Robert Latimer - The Wages of Mercy - coming out in 2010.

An internationally respected researcher and writer, Neil Caplan currently holds an adjunct position in the History Department of Concordia University, and is Scholar-in-Residence at Vanier College, both in Montreal. His degrees include an MA in Canadian Studies from Carleton University, Ottawa, and a PhD in Politics from London School of Economics & Political Science (University of London). Prior to his retirement he taught for 35 years in the Humanities Department of Vanier College, Montréal, Canada, for many years serving also as coordinator of that Department and of the Jewish Studies Programme. An historian of the Arab-Israeli conflict, Dr Caplan has published numerous articles and seven books, including Futile Diplomacy, a 4-volume documentary history of negotiations, 1913-1956 (re-issued 2015, Routledge Library Editions), and, with Laurie Z. Eisenberg, Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace: Patterns, Problems, Possibilities (Indiana, revised edition 2010). His latest work is The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Contested Histories (Wiley-Blackwells) -- a book-length expansion of ideas first outlined in his tolerance.ca essay, ''Israelis and Palestinians: Victims versus Victims''. As a member of Tolerance.ca, Dr. Caplan is responsible for partnerships in the sector of intercultural relations.

Georges Dussault is an intercultural relations consultant who has worked in the field of financial and tax planning since the early 1990s for a firm unaffiliated with the major financial institutions. He is presently a member of the electoral college of the Chambre de la sécurité financière. Mr. Dussault is particularly interested in raising awareness within the business community toward cultural diversity. Mr Dussault is a member of Tolerance.ca.

Aziz Enhaili is an expert on the Middle East, of Islam and Foreign policy. He is a contributor on irregular basis to the ‘’Neighbouring countries’’ of the European Union, a unit of Europe2020, a groupe dedicated to prospective studies. He is also author of three essays of which two have been published in Barry Rubin's collective works, Political Islam (Londres: Routledge, 2006) & A Guide to Islamist Movements (M.E. Sharpe, New York, 2010). Mr. Enhaili signs a regular column on Tolerance.ca.

Oded Eran, a senior research associate at the Institute for National Security Studies, served as director of INSS from July 2008 to November 2011, following a long career in Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other government positions.

In his most recent post before joining INSS, Dr. Eran served as the World Jewish Congress Representative in Israel and the Secretary General of the WJC Israel Branch. From 2002-2007, he served as Israel's ambassador to the European Union (covering NATO as well). Prior to that (1997-2000) he was Israel's ambassador to Jordan, and head of Israel's negotiations team with the Palestinians (1999-2000). Other previous positions include deputy director general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the deputy chief of the Israeli embassy in Washington.

Dr. Eran serves as an advisor to the Knesset Subcommittee on Foreign Affairs. He holds a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics.

Born in Iran, Abbas Goya is a political activist, a Marxist. His activism includes campaigns for worker's rights, children’s and women’s rights, freedom of expression, students’ rights, refugee rights, against capital punishment and stoning, and against fascism and racism. He is a staunch opposition to the Islamic regime of Iran.

Francois passed away on December 21, 2016. He is survived by his mother, his companion Yvan, his cousin Louise Labissonnière, Victor Teboul and several close friends.

He was a strong supporter of Tolerance.ca and will be missed by us all.

The Tolerance.ca group presents its deepest sympathies to François's family and friends.

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François La Bissonnière has taught Quebec and French literature at the Collège de Saint-Laurent, in Montreal, in a social and educational environment recognized for its ethnic and cultural diversity. Mr. La Bissonnière has also taught French as a Second Language to Indochinese students. He was a theatre lover and had conducted theatre workshops aimed at the staff of a seniors' residential centre. Mr La Bissonnière was a member of Tolerance.ca.

Louise Labissonnière is a consultant in the field of health and social services. Louise Labissonnière has several years of experience in management within the Quebec health and social services sector. Among her interests are the international cooperation and the organization of health services in multicultural neighbourhoods. She has taught at Université de Montréal and Université du Québec à Hull. As a member of Tolerance.ca, Louise Labissonnière acts as an adviser, responsible for planning and special events.

Salim Mansur is an associate professor in the faculty of social sciences at the University of Western Ontario, where he also teaches in the department of political science. He is the author of Islam’s Predicament: Perspectives of a Dissident Muslim and co-editor of The Indira-Rajiv Years: The Indian Economy and Polity 1966-199 and has published widely in academic journals.

Bjarne Melkevik, L.L.D. Paris II, professor at the Faculty of Law, University Laval (Quebec), is a well-known author in legal philosophy, legal epistemology and legal methodology. His latest published books include “Horizons of legal philosophy” (1998 and 2004), “Reflections on legal philosophy” (2000), “Rawls or Habermas? A question of legal philosophy” and “Juridical-philosophical considerations” (2005). In the realm of Tolerance he has recently published the book “Tolerance and legal modernity” (2006). Dr. Bjarne Melkevik is a member of Tolerance.ca

Jasmina Munteanu lives and studies in Uppsala, in Sweden. She is presently an exchange student at Queens University in Kingston, Canada. Her main interests are in the fields of immigration policies, international trade and international LGBTQ human rights.

Caroline Potvin is a pharmacist with a Master’s degree in hospital pharmacy. After working as a hospital pharmacist, she has moved on to the pharmaceutical industry where she worked both in Medical Information and Health Economics. She is also the Secretary of the Board of Directors of Pharmacists Without Borders Canada (also known as Pharmaciens Sans Frontières Canada, or PSF-Canada) and has a keen interest for international cooperation. As a member of Tolerance.ca, Ms Potvin is responsible for etablishing partnerships in the field of international development.

Howard Rotberg is a Canadian lawyer who authored the novel, The Second Catastrophe: A Novel about a Book and its Author (Mantua Books- Canada only), and the book of essays, Second Generation Radical: The Struggle against the Second Holocaust. He also develops affordable rental housing for the working poor.

Catherine is a political risk analyst for the Middle East with over 7 years’ experience. A political commentator and columnist her work has appeared in many world renown publications -- Foreign Policy Association, Press TV, Tehran Times, Majalla, International Policy Digest, the US Independent, RT and many more.

She sits on the Russian International Affairs Council as a contributing policy adviser and as chair of Activists Without Borders. She formerly acted as Yemen Minister of Human Rights senior media adviser.

Victor Teboul is a writer and the publisher of Tolerance.ca ®, The Tolerance Webzine, which he founded in 2002 to promote a critical discourse on tolerance and diversity. Dr. Teboul is the author of several books and numerous articles. He was a member of the Jury of Canada’s Governor General’s Literary Awards, for non-fiction.

Teboul's new novel, Bienvenue chez Monsieur B.! has just been published in Paris and is now available in Canada.

Victor Teboul's books can be purchased at major bookstores. For more information, please click HERE.

Dr. Teboul has also written and hosted several radio series broadcast on Radio-Canada's cultural network. Dr. Teboul has taught literature at a college, north of Montreal, (Quebec, Canada), and history at l'Université du Québec à Montréal. He was a member of the Conseil supérieur de l'éducation and the Quebec Press Council.

Victor Teboul holds several diplomas and a Ph.D. from Université de Montréal.

He is the president of Tolerance.ca® Inc which publishes the Tolerance.ca® Webzine.

Yannick B. Vallee is a political scientist who recently graduated from Bishop’s University (Quebec, Canada) in the BA program of political science. He also has a college degree of Business Administration with a specialization in marketing. Nowadays, he specializes in American, Canadian, and Japanese Politics. He also studies Asian foreign policy with special interest on Japan and its influence in Asia. He has a keen interest in American and Canadian history.

Mair VERTHUY, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Concordia University, is well known for her struggles for the advancement of women and for general social justice. She was the first Principal of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute at Concordia and organised in 1982 a world-wide ten day conference on Teaching and Research related to Women, attended by participants from 82 countries, mostly from outside the Western block.
In all her work, whether literary or social, Mair has always been passionately interested in intercultural issues and specializes in francophone literatures mainly by women. She is a member of l'Ordre des palmes Académiques (France) and in 1980 was awarded the Governor General's Prize in honour of the Person's Affair.

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